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The Call for Presentations for Live! 360 Orlando 2018 Is Now Open!

Live! 360 returns to Orlando, December 2-7, 2018 at the Royal Pacific Resort, Orlando, FL. Live! 360 offers six co-located technical conferences for the Developer and IT community at one time for one low price. Incorporating knowledge transfer, networking and leading-edge training, these conferences keep attendees up-to-date on current technologies with a look to the future.

Live! 360 invites you to submit proposals for our upcoming event, which includes the following co-located conferences:

Visual Studio Live!: is celebrating its 25th year of providing real-world, practical information and training to attendees with the cutting-edge techniques needed to solve development challenges with existing Microsoft products, shipping or soon-to-be shipping technologies compatible with the .NET Framework and Visual Studio.

SQL Server Live!: provides a broad range of content for administrators, DBAs, and developers to help them do more with their SQL Server investment. Sessions will cover performance tuning, security, reporting, data integration, adopting new techniques, improving old approaches, and modernizing the SQL Server infrastructure.

TechMentor: is celebrating its 20th year of providing in depth training for IT Pros. TechMentor not only covers the latest and greatest technologies, but also the latest techniques - even ones that help attendees leverage the technologies they are currently using. Expect troubleshooting tips, performance optimization training, and best practices from peers and experts in the industry.

Artificial Intelligence Live!: NEW to Live! 360 in 2018 - an innovative new conference for current and aspiring developers, data scientists and data engineers on AI, machine learning, data science, Big Data analytics, IoT and streaming analytics, bots, and more. Expect real-world training on the languages, libraries, APIs, tools and cloud services you need to do real AI and machine learning, today and into the future.

Office and SharePoint Live!: provides leading-edge knowledge and training for SharePoint administrators and developers who must extend, deploy and maintain SharePoint Server on-premises and in Office 365 to maximize the business value. In addition, this event will also cover Office 365 and Office clients for developers & administrators.

Modern Apps Live!: an innovative conference for software architects, development managers, team leads, and senior developers providing end-to-end narrative covering all aspects of building modern apps using today's technologies. Attendees will leave the conference with a complete picture of what goes into building a modern app for Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, and Android devices that all interact with state-of-the-art backend services running in public or private clouds. (Due to the nature of Modern Apps Live!, speaker proposals are not being solicited.)

Speaker Compensation:Speakers chosen to present at a Live! 360 conference will receive a stipend for each session or workshop they present. Live! 360 will also cover hotel accommodations (room and tax only) for a pre-determined number of nights at the host hotel as outlined in the speaker agreement.

TechMentor

We are asking you to propose topics in the following general tracks:

Hybrid and Cloud Operations: These topics should include Windows Server, Azure Stack, Linux, systems management, virtualization, containers, and other datacenter-focused sessions. Sessions here can also focus on real-world use of cloud services and how to get more from them. Whether that’s Azure, Google, or AWS, sessions here should see a focus on extremely practical applications, not pie-in-the-sky, you-might-do-this-someday.

Client Devices: Sessions should focus on Windows Client, mobile device management, and other client-centric topics. Operating system deployment, device security, and related areas are also in-scope.

DevOps: These will drill into automation, with a strong emphasis on Windows PowerShell and related technologies. Desired State Configuration, self-service management, and similar topics are a great fit here.

IT Soft Skills: We will accept a small number of sessions designed to round out attendees’ resumes. Better presentation skills, project management, and related topics are perfect.

Infrastructure. This track will focus on networking infrastructure, storage infrastructure, and other, related topics. This is a great opportunity to help expand attendees’ knowledge base.

IT Security. White hat hacking, penetration testing, system hardening, network security, sessions in this track focus on the IT security tasks to be encountered by the everyday IT Professional in their job.

Office, Office 365 & SharePoint for Developers: These sessions will explore how to create applications for Office clients, Office 365, and SharePoint that solve real business problems, and demonstrate the type of third-party applications that have already been created to run on top of SharePoint.

Speaker Compensation:

Speakers chosen to present at Live! 360 Orlando 2018 will receive a full-conference pass and a stipend for each session or workshop they present. Live! 360 will also cover hotel accommodations (room and tax only) for a pre-determined number of nights at a host hotel as outlined in the speaker agreement.